In Sandy’s Wake

via Our Town Downtown

Mission Takes on New Urgency

The New York City Rescue Mission, which lost power during Sandy, quickly bounced back to help serve the hungry and homeless in Lower Manhattan.

Volunteers handed out holiday meal staples as Red Hook residents, still staggered by Sandy, prepared to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Flood prevention is a topic of conversation everywhere, from universities to the Fellowship Baptist Church in Coney Island.

Food trucks are bringing free meals to Red Hook residents still reeling from Hurricane Sandy.

The Gowanus Canal overflowed during Sandy, raising concerns that the polluted waterway sent toxins flowing into surrounding neighborhoods.

Volunteers brought much-needed goods to the storm-battered masses at a disaster relief center at Our Lady of Solace.

The city's post-Sandy gas rationing program – based on odd and even license plates – fueled debate as cars lined for blocks.

The hours after the storm were less a time for talk than action as New Yorkers began cleaning up and rebuilding.